Potato-peeler.



K. YAKUSHUI.

POTATO PEELER.

APPucATmN FILED Ams. 1915.

LlA. Patentedsept. 21, 1915.

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KANEICHI' YAKUSHIJI, or PARADISE, MONTANA.

, roTATo-PEELER.

vApplication led April 5, 1915. Serial N0. 19,244.

To all Lv/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, KANEICHI YAKUSHIJI, a citizen of Japan, residing at Paradise, 'in the county of Sanders and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Peelers; and I do declare the following to be a full,`clear, `and eXact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use `the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable and fruit peelers andv more particularly to potato peelers.

. The' object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed and efficient device of this character constructed to rapidly and conveniently peel potatoes, apples, and like vegetables and fruits, and the blade of which may be adjusted to cut peels of different thicknesses and also for slicing fruits and vegetables. p

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more Vfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l represents a plan view of this improved peeler with the handle broken off for convenience in illustration; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blade detached.

In the embodiment illustrated a blade supporting frame 1 is shown T-shaped in construction and composed of any suitable metal, preferably steel or aluminum or the like. The head 2 of this frame is in the form of a metal bar with the opposite ends thereof bent inwardly and spaced from the body portion of the head to form plate receiving clamping members 3 and 4. Set screws 5 extend through one member of these clamps and is designed to securely hold a blade to be described between them and the opposed member of the clamps. The body portion of this head 2 is preferably twisted laterally at its connection with the clamps 3 and 4 and the front end or rear portion of the shank 6 is offset from the head 2 and is engaged with a handle 7 which may be of wood or other suitable material and connected with said shank in any suitable or desired manner.

A blade 8 is shown of a length corre- Specicaton of Letters Patent.'

Patented sept. 2i, 1915.

sponding to the length of the head 2 and has `rearwardly extending arms 9 at its opposite ends disposed in the same plane as vthe body portion thereof and which are designed to be inserted in the clamps 3^ and 4 and secured by means of the set screws 5 with the cutting edge 1() thereof disposed adjacent the front edge ofthe head 2 and spaced laterally therefrom a distance sufficient for the free passage of the peelings without clogging the knife. Spacing elements 11 which may be of any suitable or desired thickness are disposed between the inturnedfree ends of the clamps A8 and 4 and the lower face of the arms 9 of the blade 8 for positioning said blade the desired distance from the head 2, it being understood that a plurality of these spacing elements are provided of different thicknesses, any of which may be used at the will of the operator.

At one end of the blade 8 is a forwardly projecting finger 12 vhereshown in the same` plane as the body portion of the blade and which is pointed at its front end and sharpened as shown at 13 to provide means for cutting out eyes from potatoes, pineapples and the like.

In the use of this peeler the blade 8 may be adjusted to rest at the desired distance from the forward edge of the head 2, to permit the free passage between them of the peelings, and suitable spacing elements 11 are placed between the arms 9 of said blade and the lower members of the clamps 3 and 4 to position the cutting edge of the blade the desired distance for cutting peels or slices of the desired thickness, and the device is then ready for use and may be applied by holding a potato, apple, or other similar vegetable or fruit in the left hand of the user while the handle of this implement is grasped with the right hand of the user and the cutting edge of the blade thereof drawn over the potato or apple for removing the peel. Should any eyes or depressions be left untouched by the blade 8, they may be removed by the sharp pointed finger 12. Y i From the above description it will be ob- `'vious that the blade 8 may be easily removed for cleaning or sharpening purposes, and .being simple in construction, may be cheaply manufactured and retained in sanitary condition. When used for slicing purposes, the spacing elements are preferably 1. A potato peeler comprising a Tlshaped blade supporting frame having the ends of the head thereof bent inwardly to form blade receiving clamps, set screws operating1 in said clamps, a handle attached to the shank of `said frame, the head ofv saidy T- shaped framebetween thebent ends thereof being laterally twistedand the shank of` said frame ofset','anda blade having -rearwardly extending arms at its opposite ends for insertion in said clamps with a cuttingV edge arranged between said arms.

2 As potato peel'er comprising a shank havinga handle securedl to-one end, a head extending tra-nsversely'iirom the other end of said shank, said head having oppositely disposednotchesin its side edges'near its `*blocksmounted; on the lower arms of said clamps, and a blade havingk its rear edge sharpened and` provided withA rearwardly extendingv arms` at its opposite ends, said arms vbeing` disposed between the top? faces of said blocks and the lower'end of said. set screw-s.

Inltestimony whereol have hereunto set f my handinvprese'nce of twosubscribing wit- `n esses.

i KMNEIGHI? YAKUSHIJL Vitnesses-z- El JOHNsoN,

W. E.' FLOYD;

lopiesy of this` patent mayvv he ohtainedfnr( :EL-veeents.;ea.cl,.liyi addressing. the Gommissionerof Patents,

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